CVE-2007-6746

telepathy-idle before 0.1.15 does not verify (1) that the issuer is a trusted CA, (2) that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN), or (3) the expiration date of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Published: 2013-05-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-6746 is rated Moderate Risk (43.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.95%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6746

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.25% 0.95% +0.70%
2 2025-03-30 0.49% 0.25% -0.24%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.49% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6746

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6746

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6746

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2007-6746 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (telepathy-idle), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6746
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-6746 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (telepathy-idle), 7 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 4, ignored 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6746

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6746

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
canonical telepathy-idle <= 0.1.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:canonical:telepathy-idle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical telepathy-idle 0.1.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:canonical:telepathy-idle:0.1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical telepathy-idle 0.1.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:canonical:telepathy-idle:0.1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical telepathy-idle 0.1.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:canonical:telepathy-idle:0.1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical telepathy-idle 0.1.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:canonical:telepathy-idle:0.1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical telepathy-idle 0.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:canonical:telepathy-idle:0.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 13.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6746

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